The Oxford e-Research Centre is a physical research centre located outside of the regular university structure to promote interdisciplinary research. It focuses on areas like data capture, database development, data publication, and more. The centre works with communities like curators, data producers, developers, researchers, and others. It has a network that includes organizations working in domains like energy and environmental informatics, scientific computing, life sciences data management, and more.

2. Oxford e-Science Centre
• Distributed virtual research centre
• Domain, Computer Science and IT services
Oxford Interdisciplinary e-Research Centre
• Physical research centre with Vice Chancellor support
for start-up
• Sited outside university structure to be truly
interdisciplinary
Oxford e-Research Centre
• Physical research centre with new building
• Part of the regular university
• Research only – no student admissions i.e. teaching
History

3. Innovative
digital methods
transforming
research
A collaborative
research hub
for Digital
Oxford

4. Oxford Centre for
Tropical Forests

5. Research Methodology
Research
Problem
Application
modelled
Create or
adapt
technology
Disseminate
and reuse

12. Key areas of activity:
• Data capture & curation
• Database development
• Data publication
• Data provenance
• Open, community
ontologies and
standards
• Semantic web
• Software development
• Training
Communities we work with/for:
• Curators
• Data producers
• Data consumers
• Developers
• Pre-competitive informatics
initiative
• Policy makers
• Publishers
• Researchers
• Service providers
• Standardization initiatives
Our network includes:

16. Big Data
Organisation
VisualisationAnalysis

17. www.oerc.ox.ac.uk
Energy and Environmental Informatics
Advanced e-Infrastructure and Cloud Computing
david.wallom@oerc.ox.ac.uk
Scientific Computing
Wes.armour@oerc.ox.ac.uk
Life and Bio Sciences Data Management
susanna-assunta.sansone@oerc.ox.ac.uk
Visual Computing
min.chen@oerc.ox.ac.uk
Digital Humanities and Social Sciences
david.deroure@oerc.ox.ac.uk
Computational Linguistics
janet.pierrehumbert@oerc.ox.ac.uk